Cold Drawn Steel "T" Pin for the Automotive Industry

Rathbone Precision Metals, Inc. manufactures this T-pin profile for use in an automotive steering column assembly. The cold drawn process, delivers improved mechanical properties, which enables the customer to design thinner sections with greater tensile strength than a machining application would allow. We are able to hold the specified corner radius as well as maintain uniform tip radii and accurate profile symmetry, even on the thin sections – the .315″ width of the profile is held to ±.005″ tolerances, while the .955″ height is accurate to within ±.002″.

We manufacture this profile in 1035 Alloy Steel, and supply them to the customer in 8′ bar lengths, with a 125Ra surface finish, fully tested and inspected per the their specifications.

To learn more about this project, or how a cold rolled or cold drawn profile could benefit your application, contact Rathbone today.